i'm 75. slowed down a lot. had a major stroke, got a pacemaker, just recovered from pnuemonia. shoes and feet are way down there. a real pain to bend down and get to. sit in a chair to do that. i very much dislike running around in my socks on the walkway, and then continue using them for 12 hours. i am very careful about all the paraphernalia i pile on the tray. tsa has a tendency to scatter the stuff and disappear it.

however, on the brighter side, i play squash 3 x a week, and am nationally ranked. i usually do about 50 flights of stairs a day. i count them.(bought a wrong retirement house). try to limit myself to 40-50lb bags of bird seed to haul. very few 30-40yo's have my strength and endurance.

maybe a test for exit row duty? i was frequently asked"can you open the exit door?" when i flew Y. everyone replies they can. how do they know? over 95% (99%?)of the people never have opened an exit door.

have you, chrl ever opened one? as i said very few have.